Pew rope and lock.



No. 629,66l. Patented July 25, I899.

W. H. CLARK &. L. J. WATTSON.

PEW ROPE AND LUCK.

(Application filed m. 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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9/ //v VEN W UNITED. STATES,

\VILLIAH HENRY OLARK AND LLEWELLYN JOSEPH WATTSON, OF SAN PAT NT em FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

PEW ROPE AN'D LOCK.

si nolrxcnfrrolvar in art of Letters Patent No. 629,661, dated July '25, 1899.

Application filed March 10, 1399. Serial No. 708,511. on model.)

in the body and keeper of the lock will be 0011- nected by a chain extending through and preferably concealed within the rope, the chain preventing the rope from stretching.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple yet durable form of lock and one wherein the keeper and lock may be brought automatically to a locked position, but cannot be separated without using a proper key.

' The invention consists in the novel con.- struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Beference'is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an end view of a series of pews,

illustrating the application of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the improved lock, said View also illustrating the manner in which chains are connected to the body and keeper of the lock; Fig. 3 is an inner face'view of the body of the lock. 7 Fig.4; is an inner face view of the keeper or plug-of the lock, and Fig. 5 is a face view of the head of the tumbler contained within the body of the lock. I

A represents the body of a lock, and B the keeper or plug therefor, and both of these parts are preferably and usually made cir cular in cross-section. A chamber is formed longitudinally within the body A of the look. This chamber is in three diameters, comprising an inner section 10, an intermediate section 11, of greater diameter than the section l0, and an outer section 12, of greater diameter than theintermediate section. The chamber O is closed at the inner end of the body through the mediu m of a face-plate 13,secured preferably, to the body by means of screws 14,

andsaid screws are placed diametrically op ing 15 and with recesses 16 in'the wall of said opening, the recesses being shown as four in number and as located at equal distances .apart.

A tumbler D is held to slide in the intermediate compartment or section 11 of the bodychamberO, and said tumbler D is provided with a head 17, of greater diameter than the body of the tumbler, and said head is adapted to have movement in the larger section or compartment 12 of the body-chamber G, as is illustrated in Fig. 2. The inner end of the tumbler D is made to bear against a spring 18, which spring is located in the reduced compartment of the body-chamber O. The tumbler is provided with a transverse recess 19, produced in one of its sides between its head and its inner end, and a keyhole slot or opening 20, produced in the body A, is adapted to register with the recess 19 in the tumbler. The tumbler is also provided with a longitudinal opening 21, that connects with the recess 19 and extends through the head, registering with the opening in the face-plate 13. made in the outer face of the tumbler-head, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 3 and in full lines in Fig. 5. These recesses are located at equal distances apart and extend from the opening 21 in the head of the tumbler to the periphery of said head, and the tumbler-head is further provided with two .longitudinal guide-slots 23, forming continuations of two opposite recesses 22. The guide-slots 23 are adapted to receive the screws or pins 14: and serve to direct the tumblerin its longitudinal movement.

The spring 18 normally holds the tumblerhead in engagement with the inner surface of the face-plate 1 3, and the recesses23 in the tumbler-head alternate with the recesses 16 in the face-plate. The keeper or plug B used in connection with thebody-A of the lock is provided with a stud 24, projected centrally from its inner face, said stud 24 being of such diameter and shape that it may readily enter Recesses 22 are I the longitudinal opening 21 in the tumbler and its head, as shown in Fig. 2. A flange 25 is formed at the margin of the inner face of the keeper or plug, and said plug is adapted when the keeper is in engagement withv desired between the keeper or plug and the body of the lock it is simply necessary to im troduce the stud 24 and its spurs into the opening 15 of the faceplate of the body and the recesses 16 in the wall of said opening and force the two parts together untiltheir opposing surfaces are in firm engagement, as shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the spurs 26 of the keeper will force the head'of the tumbler,

inward, and when said spurs 26 of the keeper have reached a position between the inner surface of the face-plate 13 and outer surface of the tumbler-head either thebody'or the keeper of the lock .may be slightly turned to bring the spurs 26 of the keeper in registry with the face-recesses 22 in the tumbler-head, whereupon the spring 18,controlling the tumbler,will carry said tumbler outward and hold the keeper firmly to the body by reason of the spurs 26 having locking engagement with the tumbler-head at its face-recesses, as shown in Fig. 2. It is impossible Without absolutely breaking the lock to disconnect the bodyfrom the keeper until the tumbler of the body is forced inward, and this is accomplished through the medium of a key introduced into the transverse recess 19 of the tumbler, the key being adapted to exert inward pressure against the rear wall of said recess.

One end of a chain 27 is attached to the body A of the look through the medium of a shank a, while the other end of the chain 27 is attached, through the medium of a shank b, to the keeper or plug B; but other means may be provided for attaching the chain to the parts of said lock. The chain is made to pass through a rope or cord 28 of suitable size and is preferably concealed therein. The ends of the rope or cord to which the parts of the lock are secured are made to fit snugly over the shanks a and b, and both the body and keeper of the lock are preferably of a diameter corresponding as nearly as possible to the diame ter of the cord or rope 28.

The body A of the lock is attached to one end of a cord or rope 28 and the keeper or plug 13 to the opposite end of said cord or rope, as shown in Fig. 1, and the cord or rope is attached to an end of the pew E through the medium of a clamp 29, which may be of ring-like form and so attached to the pew-- through the medium of screws 30, for exam= ple-t-hat the parts of said clamp may be adj usted to permit the rope it holds to pass read ily through it until the rope or cord has been suitably adjusted, whereupon the clamp is made to hold the rope or cord firmly to the pew.

In Fig. 1 we have illustrated the ropes or cordsof two adjacent pews brought together and locked. Atthe central portion of said Fig. l a rope or cord is represented as hanging loosely down from a pew, both ends of the rope oncord being free,;and at the right: hand end of said Fig. l we have illustrated the ends of the rope oncord locked together andthrown over the top portion of the pew.

Having thus described our inventiomwe claim as new and desire toqsecure by Letters Patent-- q H 1. In a lock, the combination,with-a body,

a spring-controlled tumbler mounted to slide in the said body, said tumbler being provided with a head, and a central opening in the head that extends'into the interior of the tum bler, said head being providedwith radial recesses in its outer face, and a face-plate for the body, having an opening registering with that in the head of the tumbler, the opening in the faceplate having recesses in its wall alternating with the recesses in the tumblerhead, of a keeper or plug provided with an extension from its inner end, adapted to enter the openings in the faceplate and tum bler-head of the body, said extension having side spursarranged to enter the recesses in the face-plate and occupy a position between the face-plate and tumbler-head, for the pur= pose specified. i i

2. In a lock, the combination, with a body provided with a spring-controlled and keyoperated tumbler, said tumbler having a head provided with marginal guide-slots, a central opening leading into a chamber in the body of the tumbler and locking-grooves radiating from said central opening, a face-plate for the body, provided with an opening registering with the openin gin the tumbler-head, the wall of the opening of the face-plate being provided with recesses alternating with the lockinggrooves in the tumbler-head, and fastening devices for the face-plate, that extend through the guide slots of the tumbler head, of a keeper or plug provided with a marginal flange adapted to embrace the body, a stud at the flanged end of the keeper, and spurs radiating from said stud, the stud being adapted to* pass through the openings in the face-plate and tumbler-head and the spurs to enterthe recesses in the face-plate and be received by the grooves or recesses in the tumbler-head, as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a pewrope formed in two sections, and a lock comprising two separable parts respectively connected with the sections of the pew-rope, said parts of the lock comprising a key-controlled tumbler for removably connecting the same,

the lock and rope being of approximately equal diameters so that when the sections of the rope are joined, the several parts will present an unbroken appearance.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a pewrope formed in two sections, alock having two parts respectively joined to the sections of the pew-rope, one part of the lock comprising a stud and the other part of the lock comprising a key-controlled tumbler for holding the stud, the stud and tumbler being engaged by a relative turning movement of the sections,and' the lock and rope being of approximately equal diameters so that the sections of the rope when joined will present an unbroken appearance.

5. In a lock,the combination of a chambered body-section, a keeper having a stud with spurs adapted to enter the body-section, a key-controlled tumbler mounted in the bodysection, a head secured to the tumbler and having slots to receive the spurs of the stud,

and a face-plate secured to the body-section head and face-plate being out of registry with each other.

6. A look, comprising two sections, one of which is provided with a stud having a spur, and the other of which is chambered to receive the stud, aface-plate secured to the said other section and having an opening through which the" spur and its stud may pass, a tumbler mounted in said other section, and ahead car ried thereby and capable of engaging the stud and spur to hold the spur out of registry with the opening in the face-plate.

WILLIAM HENRY CLARK. v LLEWELLYN JOSEPH WATTSON. 

